Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited Reports Contract Awarded to PACT And BWTS
Update
PR Newswire
HONG KONG, Sept. 5, 2012
HONG KONG, Sept.5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited
(NASDAQ: CLWT) today announced that its subsidiary, PACT Environmental
Technology Company Ltd.("Pact") has recently been awarded a contract worth
about US$2.8 million by a U.S. Coal Tar Distillation Plant in Jiangsu, China.
Thiscontract covers design, supply, installation and commissioning of a 2,712
cubic meters per day industrial wastewater treatment system. Completion of
this contract will be at the end of 2013.
BWTS (Ballast Water Treatment System) update:
Pact passed the BWTS land base test in China in 2012 and has to pass a 6-month
seaboard test in order to get the necessary certifications of the system. Pact
experienced some delays in the installation of the BWTS for seaboard test as
the engineering room of the original ship was small and not very suitable for
installation. It has recently completed the installation of its BWTS in
another ship and expects to get all other approvals in the first quarter of
2014.
Ballast water treatment is an imminent requirement by The International
Maritime Organization ("IMO") to prevent the biological unbalance caused by
the estimated 12 billion tons of ballast water transported across the seas by
ocean-going ships when their ballast water tanks are emptied or refilled. The
market potential for retrofits and new installations of BWTS in these old and
new ocean-going ships is enormous.
About Pact
PACT Environmental Technology Co. Ltd., based in Shanghai, is a global
provider of environmental solutions for industrial and municipal clients,
focusing on water and wastewater treatment. Pact's capabilities cover design,
manufacturing, sourcing, installation and servicing of water/wastewater
treatment, water desalination plants and equipment.
Certain statements in this news release regarding the Company's expectations,
estimates, present view of circumstances or events, and statements containing
words such as estimates, anticipates, intends, or expects, or words of similar
import, constitute forward looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements indicate
uncertainty and the Company can give no assurance with regard to actual
outcomes. Specific risk factors may include, without limitation, having the
Company's offices and operations situated in Hong Kong and China, doing
business in China, competing with Chinese manufactured products, competing
with the Company's own suppliers, dependence on vendors, and lack of long term
written agreements with suppliers and customers, development of new products,
entering new markets, possible downturns in business conditions, increased
competition, loss of significant customers, availability of qualified
personnel, negotiating definitive agreements, new marketing efforts and the
timely development of resources. See the "Risk Factor" discussions in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its
Annual Report on Form 20-F for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.
CONTACT:
Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited, Hong Kong
T.C. Leung, Chairman and CEO, orJerry Wong, CFO
Tel: 852-2814-0311
Fax: 852-2873-4887
Website: http://www.euro-tech.com
Pact's Website: http://www.pactchina.com
SOURCE Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited
Website: http://www.euro-tech.com
Website: http://www.pactchina.com